Damnatio Memoriae [ALBUM REVIEW]

Posted By Reverend Leviathan on Sep 4, 2015 in Featured, Origin: DGM Staff, Review: Music, Reviews, Type: Article (w/ Photos), Type: Article (w/ Videos)

Damnatio Memoriae marks the eighth release for British Gothic doom/death metal band, My Silent Wake. Headed by Ian Arkley (guitars, vocals, keys), the band welcomes new members Addam Westlake (bass) and Gareth Arlett (drums).

Nemisis vs. Frostbite: Modeling in Extreme Weather [ARTICLE]

Posted By Nemisis Nat on Sep 2, 2015 in Article, Article: Current Events/Awareness, Article: Fashion/Style, Article: Personal Narratives/Life Accounts, Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Photography, Featured, Origin: Official Contributor, Type: Article (w/ Photos)

One of the most popular questions I hear after posting a new outdoor wintertime shot on social media is “How do you stay warm outside like that?” Quick answer to that is simply put: I definitely do not.

Unleash the Beast: Wild Wars Game Debuts “King of the Wild” Tourney at Imaginarium Con [GAME PRESS RELEASE]

Posted By DarkestGoth Industry News on Aug 27, 2015 in Announcements, Event Press Release, Featured, Game Press Release, News & Updates, Origin: DGM Staff, Type: Article (w/ Photos)

Jeremy T. Hanke, editor-in-chief of MicroFilmmaker Magazine, filmmaker (Depleted: Day 419), and creator of the World of Depleted Creative Community, announces today his newest project, Wild Wars–an innovative new collectible strategy card game that uses nature and science in incredible ways–will be teaming up with Louisville, Kentucky’s Imaginarium Convention for their first annual King of the Wild tournament on September 13th! Created by Hanke, along with his long-time collaborator Kari Ann Morgan, and developed initially for his own family, Wild Wars is a trading card game that…

ScareFest 8: The Horror is Arriving Soon [EVENT/ARTICLE]

Posted By Reverend Leviathan on Aug 24, 2015 in Article, Article: Current Events/Awareness, Article: Etiquette/Socialization, Featured, Origin: DGM Staff, Type: Article (w/ Photos)

ScareFest is an annual horror paranormal convention that has been going on since 2008 in Lexington, the heart of Kentucky’s bluegrass region. For those of you who in the midwest who wish to attend, the dates for 2015’s show are September 11-13.

Pre-Star Wars VII Canon: Aiming for the Sky and Missing The Universe [ENTERTAINMENT EDITORIAL]

Posted By JT Hanke on Aug 21, 2015 in Article, Article: Books/Literature, Article: Games/Media, Editorials, Editorials: Books, Editorials: Film, Editorials: Media, Featured, Origin: DGM Staff, Type: Article (w/ Photos)

Like a lot of people, I’m very excited about the new Star Wars film, The Force Awakens. Also like a lot of us, our experience with Star Wars is bittersweet.

I remember being around 8 years old when an uncle of mine showed me Star Wars for the first time on VHS and I was hooked. When I visited my aunt and uncles in Paris, France when I was 16 for a month, I grew so homesick and the only English movie they had to watch was Star Wars–and it reminded me of what I loved about the fantasy adventure there.

Fantasy Meets Online Film: Chaldea’s War Room is Now Online [PRESS RELEASE]

Posted By DarkestGoth Industry News on Aug 20, 2015 in Featured, Film Press Release, News & Updates, Origin: Official Contributor, Technology Press Release, Type: Article (w/ Photos)

Peter Adkison, co-owner of Gen Con, filmmaker (The Devil Walks in Salem), and founder of Wizards of the Coast, announces today his newest project, Chaldea, an epic tale of high-adventure, planetary politics, and war, is now available for public viewing, online and for free. Created by Adkison, along with long-time collaborator Steve Conard, and developed directly from scenarios gamed by players in Adkison’s RPG campaigns dating back to 1982, Chaldea has traditional fantasy…

I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts: Cryptozoic’s Adam Sblendorio on Ghostbusters Tabletop Game [ARTICLE]

Posted By JT Hanke on Aug 14, 2015 in Announcements, Article, Article: Games/Media, Featured, News & Updates, Origin: DGM Staff, Preview: Games, Type: Article (w/ Photos)

A couple weeks ago, at Gen Con, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Cryptozoic’s Vice President of Creative, Adam Sblendorio. Cryptozoic is one of the better known Indie game houses to explore licensed IP (intellectual property) in their games. They’ve been responsible for the trading card game versions of The Lord of the Rings and DC Heroes, as well as original creations like Epic Spell Wars of The Battle Wizards: Duel at Mt. Skullzfyre (which was recently featured on Wil Wheaton’s Tabletop). Their Halloween release will be the board game version of Ghostbusters, something that…

Midnight Matinee Psycho [INDIE FILM REVIEW]

Posted By Reverend Leviathan on Aug 12, 2015 in Featured, Origin: DGM Staff, Review: Films, Reviews, Type: Article (w/ Photos)

There’s a raging, psychopathic killer on the loose. Years ago, a man was horrifically slaughtered at a midnight matinee at the local movie theater in Martinsville, Virginia. Up until now, Detective Holt and the Metro Police have only had dead-end leads to help them figure out who the killer could have been. But suddenly the hunt is back on as an unidentified lunatic begins killing innocent film goers attending midnight matinees.

Finding a Path through the Darkness: A Gen Con Look at Paizo’s Creepy New Releases [EVENT/ARTICLE]

Posted By JT Hanke on Aug 11, 2015 in Article, Article: Books/Literature, Article: Current Events/Awareness, Article: Games/Media, Featured, Origin: DGM Staff, Type: Article (w/ Photos)

Paizo is one of those companies that shows just how a creative manufacturer can go from a smaller Indie game expansion company to a major power player in just 7 years. The now iconic Pathfinder roleplaying system may have been based on D&D’s 3.5 Open Gaming License mechanics when it was released in 2008, but it has steadily evolved since then, at times passing D&D in sales, and spinning off a catalog of expansions, classes, maps, and figurines, to say nothing of the successful card game variation that debuted…

Toppaz Jade Photography: Edge of Class [PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY]

Posted By Toppaz Jade on Jul 8, 2015 in Featured, Galleries, Model Gallery, Model: Toppaz Jade, Origin: Official Contributor, Photographer, Photographer: Toppaz Jade Photography, Photography Gallery, Type: Article (w/ Photos)

This is a lovely shoot that I did with a couple of models!

Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! 3: The Seven Serpents [VIDEO GAME REVIEW]

Posted By JT Hanke on Apr 22, 2015 in Featured, Origin: DGM Staff, Review: Games, Review: Video Games, Reviews, Type: Article (w/ Photos), Type: Article (w/ Videos)

In concluding the last game, Kharé, Cityport of Traps, we unraveled a mystery involving mages and an invasion that permitted our adventurer to escape Kharé with our hide intact and made our way into the forbidding wastelands known as the Baklands. In this new chapter, we find ourselves in the Baklands blazing a trail for the metropolis of Mapang—home to the deadly keep where the Archmage who has taken the stolen crown has fled—only to discover that 7 deadly serpents are hunting us. These serpents are the treacherous servants of the Archmage and, those who don’t kill us, will rush back to…